New partnership permits seminar contributors to earn credit score in direction of Ohio College on-line graduate certificates

A brand new partnership between Ohio College’s Scripps School of Communication and Hennes Communications will enable communication professionals the chance to earn one credit score hour in direction of a 12-hour graduate certificates in disaster communication.

Anybody attending sure seminars taught by Hennes Communications, a disaster communications agency based mostly in Cleveland, Ohio, can apply to transform one hour of that seminar to 1 credit score hour that may be counted in direction of the net Scripps School disaster communication certificates.  

“For sure, communication is an important component in a disaster. Getting ready and executing an efficient disaster communication technique begins with an educational basis and real-life expertise,” stated John Born, former director of Ohio’s Division of Public Security, and present visiting assistant professor and executive-in-residence within the Scripps School of Communication and the Voinovich Faculty of Management and Public Service.

Lots of the seminars will likely be led by Bruce Hennes, CEO of Hennes Communications, one of many few companies in North America centered completely on disaster administration and disaster communications. Hennes has additionally been named a analysis assistant professor inside the Scripps School of Communication.

With a previous and current consumer record that features Goodyear, NASA, Avery Dennison, United Approach of Cleveland, Lubrizol, ThyssenKrupp, Interlake Steamship, the American Public Energy Affiliation and the Ohio Faculty Board Affiliation, Hennes Communications serves over 180 purchasers a 12 months in nearly each market sector – together with scores of regulation companies and their purchasers.

Hennes Communications can also be the popular supplier for disaster communications for the Ohio, Florida and Arizona Faculty Boards Associations.

“From accusations of fiscal or authorized mismanagement, labor points and board chair-executive director disputes to DEI controversies, mergers and acquisitions, cyberattacks and lively shooter conditions, we stay in a 24-minute information cycle, the place everybody has a cell phone able to posting their downside or grievance on to social media, which frequently ends in a narrative in conventional media,” Hennes stated. “It’s a reality: controversies as we speak are tried within the ‘Courtroom of Public Opinion’ extra usually than within the ‘Courtroom of Legislation.’ And the talent set that bought CEOs, administrators and managers into their present place isn’t the identical talent set it takes to handle a disaster scenario. The identical is true for many PR folks as a result of the talent set for disaster work is far totally different than the normal apply of public relations.”

Hennes at present serves on the board of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Affiliation and he chairs Management Cleveland’s Choice Committee. He’s additionally an adjunct professor at Cleveland State College’s School of City Affairs and on the colleges of the Ohio State Bar Affiliation Management Academy, the Ohio Licensed Public Supervisor Program and the Winding River Managing Associate Boot Camp. 

Hennes Communication seminars that rely in direction of the Scripps School credit score embody “Disaster Communications for Senior Leaders,” “Disaster Administration & Communications,” “Successful on Social Media: Disaster Administration in an Echo Chamber,” and “Disaster Communications within the Social Media Period.”

After a seminar participant elects to obtain the credit score hour, a consultant from OHIO will attain out to them to help with the method and supply data on this system.   

The disaster communication graduate certificates might be earned by itself, or might be mixed with different coursework to earn a graduate diploma in communication or organizational communication.

The certificates is on the market 100% on-line and there are year-round enrollment phrases for this system, offering flexibility for working professionals.

This on-line disaster communication certificates is beneficial for anybody at present in a management place – or anybody aspiring to management, particularly those that work in market sectors that are usually public-facing, together with training, healthcare and eldercare, regulation enforcement and authorities. 

Extra details about the partnership between the Scripps School of Communication and Hennes Communication might be discovered on-line at www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/crisis-credit.

Further details about the disaster communication graduate certificates might be considered at www.ohio.edu/scripps-college/on-line/graduate-certificates/crisis-communication.